diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yaml b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yaml
index f815da76..d37a72b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: lint go
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v6
         with:
-          version: v1.52
+          version: v1.59
           args: --timeout=5m --color=always --max-same-issues=0 --max-issues-per-linter=0
 
   acceptance:
diff --git a/.golangci.yaml b/.golangci.yaml
index b000df4a..acdb9d52 100644
--- a/.golangci.yaml
+++ b/.golangci.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ linter-settings:
 linters:
   disable-all: true
   enable:
-    - deadcode
     - errcheck
     - goconst
     - gofmt
@@ -20,10 +19,8 @@ linters:
     - predeclared
     - revive
     - staticcheck
-    - structcheck
     - typecheck
     - unconvert
     - unparam
     - unused
-    - varcheck
     - wastedassign
diff --git a/internal/commands/convert.go b/internal/commands/convert.go
index f2fef069..a066a5e2 100644
--- a/internal/commands/convert.go
+++ b/internal/commands/convert.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func newConvertCommand() *cobra.Command {
 
 konstraint convert examples`,
 
-		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		RunE: func(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			path := "."
 			if len(args) > 0 {
 				path = args[0]
diff --git a/internal/rego/rego.go b/internal/rego/rego.go
index 000999f8..98f72593 100644
--- a/internal/rego/rego.go
+++ b/internal/rego/rego.go
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ func (r Rego) SkipConstraint() bool {
 
 func parseDirectory(directory string, parseImports bool) ([]Rego, error) {
 	// Recursively find all rego files (ignoring test files), starting at the given directory.
-	result, err := loader.NewFileLoader().WithProcessAnnotation(true).Filtered([]string{directory}, func(abspath string, info os.FileInfo, depth int) bool {
+	result, err := loader.NewFileLoader().WithProcessAnnotation(true).Filtered([]string{directory}, func(_ string, info os.FileInfo, _ int) bool {
 		if strings.HasSuffix(info.Name(), "_test.rego") {
 			return true
 		}